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Back in March, it made headlines when Director of the Government Press Office Dorian Pakeman knocked down 45 year-old Gardenia Villager Dean Dawson. 

Pakeman, who answers directly to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, was heading home after a day on official work business, when his government-issued pickup collided with Dawson, who was riding a bike.

Now, as viewers will remember, the events which preceded that accident are greatly disputed by the two parties. Pakeman told us that Dawson was riding in his lane, close to the middle of the road, going in the same direction, heading towards Belize City. He said that he saw Dawson in his high beams, and he blew his horn. He said that he tried to go around Dawson on the right side of the highway. Dawson panicked and tried to swerve off the road, and that’s when the collision happened, even though Pakeman reportedly tried to do everything to avoid the accident.
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Now, the family disputed that account strongly, saying that Dawson was actually heading toward Crooked Tree. They believe that Pakeman was overtaking another vehicle, and that's when he had a head-on collision with Dawson was riding in the opposite direction.

For a few months now, Police told us that they were waiting for results of a test on a urine sample which Pakeman freely volunteered. And Today, when the media inquired about it, Rural Eastern Division Commander Edward Broaster told the press that although Pakeman tested negative for alcohol, the test results say that he was under the influence of cocaine. Here are those comments:

Reporter
"Sir can you officially now update us on the Dean Dawson file that was sent to the DPP?"

ACP Edward Broaster - OC, Eastern Division Rural
"The Dean Dawson file is at the DPP and we're awaiting the DPP directives where charges will be laid on Dorian Pakeman."

Reporter
"Can you comment on the substance that was allegedly found in Pakeman's blood?"

ACP Edward Broaster - OC, Eastern Division Rural
"We have gotten back a certificate from the chemist which certified that cocaine was found in Mr. Pakeman's blood."